They had a system, but they were still going through cat food too quickly.
Every morning he would get up, feed the cats, and mark the chore done on the whiteboard before leaving for work. She worked night shift, and checked the board when she got home. In the evening, they would repeat the sequence.
Each wanted to talk to the other about it, but they had so little time together that it always slipped their mind.
It wasn’t until the caught the cat with a streak of ink on his paws and tongue that they realized were being tricked.

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